Course summary
Our Master of Laws LLM allows you to choose from over 30 modules, covering a wide range of topics. This means you can tailor your LLM to your interests and career goals and gain a diverse legal education or focus on a specific area of law. Our LLM programme is recognised throughout the world for its teaching and research excellence and is highly regarded by employers. You are taught by experts in their fields who integrate their research into their teaching and our curriculum constantly evolves in response to major legal and world developments. With an advanced law degree from the University of Nottingham, you will graduate with all the knowledge, practical skills and confidence to pursue your career goals.
Modules
Core modules: Students must take all modules in this group: Applying Legal Skills and Research Methods; Dissertation Optional modules: Students must take five optional modules: two in semester one, and three in semester two. Semester one: Students should take a minimum of zero modules and a maximum of two modules from this group: Corporate Finance Law; Global Data Protection Law; International Aspects of Corporate Law and Corporate Governance; International Commercial Arbitration; International Criminal Law; International Human Rights Law; International Sale of Goods Students should take a minimum of zero modules and a maximum of two modules from this group: Economic and Social Rights; Equality, Discrimination and Criminal Justice; International Environmental Law; International Investment Law; Philosophical Foundations of Human Rights and Criminal Justice; The Private International Law of Intellectual Property; Regulation of the Digital Economy and the Information Society Semester two Students should take a minimum of zero modules and a maximum of three modules from this group: Business and Human Rights; Corporate Insolvency Law; Global Competition Law and International Business; International and Comparative Trade Mark Law; Law, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics; Technology and Human Rights Law; United Nations Law Students should take a minimum of zero modules and a maximum of three modules from this group: Fair Trials, Human Rights, Criminal Justice and Technology; International and Comparative Patent Law; International Disaster Law; International Humanitarian Law; International Law of the Sea; Introduction to Energy Law; The Rights of the Child
Assessment method
You will be assessed by exam or essay, or a combination of both. Assessments take place at the end of each term. Practice assignments, guidance on exam techniques, time management workshops, and one-to-one legal skills advice sessions are offered throughout the year to prepare you for these assessments.
Entry requirements
2:1 (or international equivalent) in law, humanities or social sciences; IELTS: 6.5 (no less than 6.5 in writing and reading, and 6.0 in speaking and listening).
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
For fee information, see www.nottingham.ac.uk/fees
Provider information
University of Nottingham
University Park
Nottingham
NG7 2RD
Course contact details
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